The SISOM Workshop was held in Main Auditorium of INAIL (Piazzale Pastore, Rome, Italy) on March 20, 2017.

Michael Affenzeller was invited to hold a session about "Integrated Modeling and Optimization in Industry 4.0" - a part of the Industry 4.0 at International Level workshop.

Industry 4.0 is the current Paradigm of Automation and Data Exchange in manufacturing leading to Smart Manufacturing; the idea is to combine concepts such as Cyber-Physical Systems, the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Modeling and Simulation, Augment & Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Agents to create a common intuitive framework to control the Industrial Processes

Modeling and Simulation use the computers to recreate real systems on computers and to experiment them within such virtual environment; this allow to conduct experiments and tests even before a new industrial system is realized and to conduct Virtual Prototyping as well as to develop Training Equipment and decision Support Systems (DSS)

Find more information about the​ SISOM workshop on http://www.liophant.org/siren/2017/industry4dot0/#industry_sisom